Portfolio

At Airheadsfly.com, we are experienced in aviation news reporting and the exciting but challenging world of aviation photography. Here is a selection of our work, that has appeared on this website and elsewhere. Wanna see all our feature stories? Go here!

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Exclusive visit to European F-35 FACO

In October 2016, Airheadsfly.com had the rare opportunity to visit the one of only three F-35 Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facilities in the world. Only a select number of aviation journalists went behind the scenes here. Find out what we discovered.

Mastering the Master

Airheadsfly.com flew in the backseat of a Leonardo Aircraft M-346 Master Advanced Jet Trainer on 20 October 2016, capturing this wonderful and impressive jet in the skies over Italy. Ride along with us here.

Lightning goes Europe

On 23 May 2016, two Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) F-35As crossed the Atlantic for the first time, on their way to Europe. Airheadsfly.com was invited to meet them, both in the air and on the ground. Tag along here to join the meeting.

Home of the Right Stuff

In Spring 2016, Airheadsfly.com gladly accepted an invitation by the Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) to personally meet the new F-35A Lightning II up close at Edwards Air Force Base in California, ahead of the Transatlantic flight of both jets. Our report from Edwards is here.

Baltic Air Policing: report from a hot spot

In November 2015, Airheadsfly.com went to Šiauliai airbase, Lithuania, to meet Hungarian Saab JAS39 Gripens protecting the Baltic states from intruders. In fact, we served as a practice target – and we happily did so. The story is here.

The Sentry’s Nest

On 20 March 2015, Airheadsfly.com was asked to join NATO’s E-3 airborne surveillance aircraft in the air during an air-to-air refueling session with a US Air National Guard KC-135 tanker. Our full story on that is here.